I AM SURE WE WILL FIND HER ALL OVER THE CITY, INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE, AS SHE DOES SO WELL. REPORTING LIVE, LISA ROBINSON, WBAL-TV 11 NEWS. DONNA: THANK YOU. SENATOR MIKULSKI SAID SHE WOULD SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR HER SPOT, NO MATTER WHO THAT IS. SHE ALSO SAYS, DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF YOU START HEARING FROM THOSE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE SOON. THAT COULD REALLY BE A VERY CROWDED FIELD FOR THAT SENATE SEAT. EVERY DEMOCRAT WITH A PULSE IN MARYLAND PROBABLY THOUGHT HMM. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WILL OR SHOULD RUN TO REPLACE SENATOR MIKULSKI. STAN: --SENATOR MIKULSKI: I AM GOING TO BE AROUND. I AM SENATOR BAR. THE ANNOUNCEMENT TOUCHED OFF A STATEWIDE POLITICAL SCRAMBLE, AND SHE KNEW IT. SENATOR MIKULSKI: MARYLAND HAS A LOT OF TALENT AND THEY WILL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT IT WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES. [LAUGHTER] IT ACTUALLY TOOK ABOUT THREE HOURS. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JOHN DELANEY SENT THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC TEXT ALONE ON TWITTER. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ARE LIKELY INTERESTED, INCLUDING ELIJAH CUMMINGS, BUT MOST LIKELY -- CHRIS VAN HOLLEN. THE MOST DONORS, SO GIVEN THAT ADVANTAGE, HE MAY WANT TO ABANDON HIS POSITION IN THE HOUSE AND TAKE A CHANCE ON GETTING ELECTED SENATOR. IF YOU ARE MAKING A LIST, AND WE ARE, HE SAYS IT SHOULD START WITH MARTIN O'MALLEY. HE IS ALREADY OUT THERE CAMPAIGNING. HE HAS RAISED MONEY. HE HAS BEEN ELECTED TWICE SUCCESSFULLY AS GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. OTHER DEMOCRATS ON THE LIST -- LABOR SECRETARY TOM PEREZ AND BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR DEBBIE RAWLINGS BLAKE. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, FORMER GOVERNOR BOB EHRLICH. IF THE REPUBLICAN IS GOING TO WIN, THAT REPUBLICAN HAS TO BE AGGRESSIVELY MODERATE. AND THAT REPUBLICAN WOULD BE FIGHTING AN UPHILL BATTLE . SENATOR MIKULSKI LEFT HER PARTY A PARTING GIFT -- THE PRESIDENTIAL YOUR ELECTION. THERE WAS A PREDICTION THAT HE WAS QUITE CERTAIN OF. BY 2016, IT WILL COST AT LEAST $3 MILLION TO RUN FOR THE U.S. SENATE IN MARYLAND. I'M KIDDING MY, WBAL-TV 11 NEWS. DONNA: THAT IS A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE, KATE. OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES ONLINE AT WBALTV.COM AND OUR FREE MOBILE APP TO READ YOU CAN WATCH SOME MIKULSKI'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN

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The debate over the actions of Danielle and Alexander Meitiv, of Silver Spring, began in December when state authorities started investigating them for letting their children walk to school by themselves.

THAT HOME DATES BACK TO THE 1960'S AND WAS ONCE A BARN OWNED BY THE FARMER -- FOUNDER OF COLUMBIA. STAN: A MARYLAND COUPLE HAS BEEN FOUND RESPONSIBLE FOR "UNSUBSTANTIATED CHILD NEGLECT", AFTER THEY LET THEIR KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL ALONE. THE SILVER SPRING PARENTS ARE ONCE AGAIN AT THE CENTER OF A NATIONWIDE DEBATE THAT BEGAN BACK IN DECEMBER. DONNA: STATE AUTHORITIES STARTED INVESTIGATING THEM FOR REPORTS OF THEM LETTING KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL BY THEMSELVES. 11 NEWS REPORTER MEGAN PRINGLE TALKED TO LOCAL PARENTS TO GET THEIR REACTION. MEGAN: IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE WALK DISCUSSED AROUND THE WORLD. DANIELLE AND ALEXANDER NEVER THOUGHT LETTING THEIR CHILDREN , 10 AND SIX YEARS OLD WALK HOME FROM THE PARK, WOULD SPARK A NATIONAL DISCUSSION. THE PARENTS WERE INTERVIEWED WHEN CPS BEGAN INVESTIGATING. THEY NEED TO LEARN THAT INTANGIBLE THING WE CALL STREETSMARTS. IT SEEMS TO BE A LESSON LEARNED THE HARD WAY. MONTGOMERY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOUND THE PARENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNSUBSTANTIATED CHILD NEGLECT. THE INVESTIGATION CENTERED AROUND MARYLAND LAW WHICH STATES ANY CHILD UNDER EIGHT CANNOT BE LEFT ALONE IN A BUILDING ENCLOSURE OR MOTOR VEHICLE. THIS HAS LIT UP SOCIAL MEDIA WITH MANY QUESTIONING THE DECISION. I DON'T LIKE THE DIRECTION CULTURALLY WE ARE HEADING IN. WE TALKED TO PARENTS WHO HAVE CONCERNS. EVEN THOUGH SHE WALKS HER -- DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, SHE IS SLOWLY LOOSENING HER HAND. AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILD IS, YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THESE THINGS. EVEN PARENTS WHO ADMIT TO BEING MORE CAUTIOUS ARE SURPRISED BY THE OUTCOME. SUCH A TRICKY QUESTION, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE SAFETY OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW WILL YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS, IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA. IT IS HARD TO MAKE IT ONE DECISION BE A BLANKET DECISION. FINDING THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR UNSUBSTANTIATED CHILD NEGLECT MEANS CBS CAN KEEP A FILE ON THEM FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. THE COUPLE PLAN TO FIGHT THIS AND CONTINUE TO LET THEIR CHILDREN WALK AND PLAY TOGETHER.

FEW HAVE IN POLITICS, CEMENTED BY YEARS OF UNPRECEDENTED SERVICE. LIVE IN WASHINGTON, DEBORAH WEINER, WBAL-TV 11 NEWS. DONNA: SHE IS ONE-OF-A-KIND, THAT'S FOR SURE. PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLED SENATOR MIKULSKI AND INSPIRATION TO WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD. HE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT SENATOR MIKULSKI IS MORE THAN A LEGENDARY SENATOR IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. SHE IS AN INSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. HE CONTINUED THAT HER LEADERSHIP SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO MILLIONS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS ACROSS THE GLOBE TO STAND UP AND LEAD. STAN: 11 NEWS REPORTER LISA ROBINSON JOINS US FROM FELLS POINT WITH REACTION FROM THE COMMUNITY. OF LISA? LOWELL: -- LISA: SHE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN FELLS POINT. SHE GREW UP NOT FAR AWAY, BUT FELLS POINT IS WHERE SHE CUT HER TEETH. GREAT PLACE, GREAT FOOD, GREAT FRIENDS, GREAT FAMILY, SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI. LISA: HER PICTURE GRACES THE WALL AT THIS RESTAURANT. IT HAS BEEN THERE AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER. BUT WHAT HE REMEMBERS MOST IS THE FIGHT SHE LED. SHE SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT A PLAN TO BUILD A 16 LANE HIGHWAY THAT WOULD CUT RIGHT THROUGH THE RESTAURANT. SHE WAS THE FIRECRACKER FROM DAY ONE WHEN SHE BECAME A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST TO STOP THE HIGHWAY AND THEN IT WAS JUST STEP UP EVERY TIME. I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD PRESIDENT. LISA: JIMMY SAYS THAT THE SENATOR WOULD OFTEN HAVE MEETINGS HERE AND TALK POLITICS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE EVER KNOWN DOWN HERE AS PART OF OUR NATIONAL COMMUNICATION. I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE THE WEDNESDAY MEETINGS, THE DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY. LISA: HE HAS HEARD WONDERFUL STORY AFTER STORY ABOUT HER. SHE HAD AN INSURANCE PROBLEM, AND SHE TALKED TO SENATOR MIKULSKI ABOUT IT, AND WITHIN A WEEK, IT WAS TAKING CARE OF. LISA: IN HER ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING, SENATOR MIKULSKI WAS ASKED WHAT SHE WOULD DO. SHE SAID, EH, I MIGHT BE AT THE DAILY GRIND.